Reverend Philipp Gabriel Renczes, S.J., Ph.D., held the Francis C. Wade, S.J. Chair at Marquette University for the fall 2007 semester. He was born in Stuttg art , Germany; entered the Society of Jesus in 1983; and ordained a priest in 1992. He received a doctorate in “Histoire des Religions et Anthropologie Religieuse” in 1999 from the Sorbonne, the University of Paris, writing his dissertation on the topic, “Human liberty: the concept of “habitus” in the theological anthropology of Maximus the Confessor.” In the same year he also earned a doctorate in theology from the Institut Catholique de Paris, writing on the topic, “The Activity of God: The concept of operation in the theological anthropology of St. Maximus the Confessor.”
Since 2000, Fr. Renczes has been a member of the theology faculty at the Gregorian University in Rome, teaching a variety of courses in theology: e.g., Grace, the Trinity and the Incarnation, Systematic Theology through the Centuries, and the Philosophical Backgrounds of the Fathers of the Church.
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Marquette University defines itself as Christian, Catholic, Jesuit, urban, and independent. The Department of Theology functions within the university to investigate and understand the Catholic tradition, its relation to other Christian communions, and to other religions of the world. Read more of our mission statement.
